> Can you explain why this is actually a problem please? I guess that Ubuntu systems with ntp installed would boot a little faster if ntp was not doing useless work by getting started before the network is fully up.
> Won't timesyncd suffice on a desktop that uses NetworkManager now? Perhaps, but timesyncd is not activated by default. I had to type this command to activate it: # timedatectl set-ntp true While timesyncd is probably a fine alternative to ntp, this is a bug in ntp and Ubuntu would be a better system with this bug fixed (or ntp removed and timesyncd activated by default). > Is the time on your system actually falling out of sync, or is the problem > just the noise of the error message? Time is fine on my system, but the noise of the error messages is a problem in itself. ** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1447142 Title: systemd: ntpdate is started too soon (before the network) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1447142/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs